On this day in 1961, Billy Ray Cyrus was born
Other celebrities who were born on this day include actress, China Anne McClain, and actor, Tom Hollander.
Today, 25 August, the American singer, songwriter and actor Billy Ray Cyrus was born.
Since 1992, he has released 12 studio albums and 44 singles.
Cyrus is popularly known for his number one single, Achy Breaky Heart, which was the first single ever to achieve Triple Platinum status in Australia. It also became the best-selling single in the same country.
He has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart.
His debut album was the most successful album to date. It has been certified nine times Multi-Platinum in the United States, and represents the longest time spent by a debut artist at number one on the Billboard 200.
The album ranked in the Top 10 for 43 weeks, a total topped by only one country album in history, Ropin’ the Wind, by Garth Brooks.
In his career, Cyrus has released 36 charted singles, of which 17 charted in the Top 40.
In 2019, Cyrus earned his first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 as a featured artist on a remix of Lil Nas X’s song Old Town Road, which spent nineteen consecutive weeks in the top spot.
From 2001 to 2004, Cyrus starred in the television show Doc, while from 2006 to 2011, he co-starred in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana with his daughter, Miley. In 2016 and 2017, he starred as Vernon Brownmule on the CMT sitcom Still the King.
Other celebrities who were born on this day include actress, China Anne McClain, and actor, Tom Hollander.
